Sunday reading 4 June 2017
Welcome back to Sunday reading. It is a black week: The erratic man-child in charge of the US government has announced that the US will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, which commits signatories to set and periodically review voluntary targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions.…
31 Comments Flashback Saturday: “More information about the RoNS”
This post originally appeared in June 2012:
A couple of further documents relating to the Roads of National Stupidity Significance, prepared by NZTA, provide a bit more information on where each of the projects are at.
Ministerial Briefing – February 27th
Investment Outcomes – March 16th
There’s also a good Radio New Zealand piece on the documents, in which both Phil Twyford and Julie-Anne Genter (Labour and Greens transport spokespeople) highlight their fundamental concerns with the RoNS package, whether they’ll actually be able to be funded, whether they’re value for money and so on.…
Airport transport improvements coming
There was an interesting announcement by Auckland Airport yesterday on number of transport projects they’ll be undertaking, some of which could really help improve access for buses to the terminals. The four new projects are: upgrading Nixon Road by October 2017 to provide a new route to Auckland Airport’s Park&Ride on Verissimo Drive without the need for drivers to use the main intersection that connects the domestic and international terminals at Tom Pearce Drive and George Bolt Memorial Drive;
improving traffic flows and improving public transport access to the domestic terminal by Christmas 2017 through the provision of more space for buses on the terminal forecourt and a new and separate access road for taxis and buses;
construction of an iconic new gateway bridge over George Bolt Memorial Drive by the end of 2018 for pedestrians and cyclists to connect “the Quad” hotel and commercial precinct with the airport terminals and take cars off the main road network; and
implementing a transit lane system across the airport precinct between December 2017 and 2020 for buses and high occupancy vehicles.…
Council’s 2017 budget passed
The council yesterday passed the Annual Budget for the 2017/18 year. Some of the key points from the budget include: The rates increases is set at 2.5%, a level that saw support from 57% of submitters.
Introducing a living way policy
A $200 million boost to spending on infrastructure with $2 billion in capital spending this year
Introducing targeted rates on development and on accommodation providers The targeted rate on accommodation was the most contentious and sucked up much of the media attention.…
Improving Stations – Part 1: Shelters
A couple of weeks ago, Auckland Transport sent out a survey to their research panel titled “Help us improve train stations“. This definitely piqued my interest and got me hoping they might be about to make some much-needed changes to stations to improve the customer experience.…
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